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International law and sustainable development : past achievements and future challenges

Title
International law and sustainable development : past achievements and future challenges / edited by Alan Boyle and David Freestone.
Publication
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.

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Additional Authors
  • Boyle, Alan E.
  • Freestone, David.
Description
xxx, 377 pages; 24 cm
Summary
"International Law and Sustainable Development: Past Achievements and Future Challenges is a collection of essays that cover some of the most important contemporary issues in international law relating to sustainable development, the utilization of natural resources, and the protection of the environment. Many of the major legal developments that have taken place since the United Nations Conference on Environmental Development held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, are addressed."--Jacket.
Subject
  • Sustainable development > Law and legislation
  • Nachhaltigkeit
  • Völkerrecht
  • Aufsatzsammlung
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction / Alan Boyle and David Freestone -- Sustainable development and unsustainable arguments / Vaughan Lowe -- Sustainable development: treaty, custom, and the cross-fertilization of international law / Philippe Sands -- Codification of international environmental law and the International Law Commission: injurious consequences revisited / Alan Boyle -- Natural resources in the case law of the International Court / Rosalyn Higgins -- The development of the legal regime of high seas fisheries / Dolliver Nelson -- International fisheries law since Rio: the continued rise of the precautionary principle / David Freestone -- Towards long-term sustainable use: some recent developments in the legal regime of fisheries / William Edeson -- Protection of ecosystems under international law: lessons from Antarctica / Catherine Redgwell -- Sustaining small cetaceans: a preliminary evaluation of the Ascobans and Accobams Agreements / Robin Churchill -- The settlement of disputes according to the Straddling Stocks Agreement of 1995 / Tullio Treves -- The Law of the Sea Convention and Agenda 21: marine environmental implications / Alexander Yankov -- The international legal regime for the protection and preservation of the marine environment from land-based sources of pollution / Thomas A. Mensah -- Port states and environmental protection / David Anderson -- Liability for damage to the marine environment / Magnus Goransson -- The challenge of implementation: some concluding notes / David Freestone.
ISBN
  • 0198298072
  • 9780198298076
  • 0199248079
  • 9780199248070
LCCN
99027434
OCLC
  • ocm41137661
  • 41137661
  • SCSB-1128656
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library